Mystery Pond

3-channel video installation by Amelia Garretson-Persans and Ian P. Hundt at SPACE Gallery on Congress St. in Portland, ME, Fall 2020.

Plywood, duvetyne fabric, florescent paint, three video monitors, vellum, stage lights, blacklight. Painting help from Alexa James Clavette.

“Mystery Pond is about yearning for connectivity in an era when our survival depends on it. It is a response to months of quarantine and the need to mediate many of our relationships through screens, while also experiencing a growing awareness that we are deeply and physically connected to this world in all its failings.

Mystery Pond regards the viewer from a nebulous, mental place, inspired by nature but distinct from it. It is intended as a kind of reflecting pool, a chance for meditation with your eyes open. Mystery Pond is about yearning for a connection to the Earth, to deep time, to the mystery of being, and ultimately to each other.”